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The Turkish military has sent 20 more tanks to an armored brigade it has stationed at Turkey's western border with Syria, Turkey's Anadolu agency reported on Wednesday.
"Accompanied by police and gendarmes, 20 tanks were sent by rail from Turkey's western provinces by railway to Gaziantep in the south of the country, and then redirected to the Syrian border," a military source told the agency.
It was also reported that the Turkish air force sent 18 fighter jets on a patrol exercise at its border with Syria on Wednesday.
With things going pear-shaped for the NATO/Turkey plan for Syria because of Russian air strikes, Erdogan may be concerned that the little terrorist birdies he sent into Syria will be fleeing home in terror in ever greater numbers. These particular little birdies have a penchant for spreading chaos and violence.
Or...Russian airstrikes are allowing the Syrian Arab Army to make significant gains, pushing closer and closer to the Syrian border with Turkey. Of course, the Syrians are simply retaking their land from ISIS terrorists...but is that all? Erdogan wonders...
What about the Kurds? Under the 'fog of war', could the Kurds, in league with the Syrians and Russians be planning a little land grab operations?
Whatever the case, better get the tanks down to the border.